College Proxy Manged-Nearly President McLemore Mocked
Amarillo College students fashioned an effigy named President McLemore to protest a Badger football game ruling at the Texas Junior College Championship. The plan included a walkout and a public display, but authorities and campus leaders urged restraint and the plan was canceled.
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McLemore
Texas Junior College Conference
Paris Junior College
Amarillo College
Badger
Texas
J. F. Mead
Polk Street
Mead
Hoffman says no doubt on Hauptmann guilt persists
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman stated he has never expressed doubt about Bruno Hauptmann’s guilt and that Hauptmann stands guilty as convicted. The New York Evening Journal reported six NJ Court of Pardons members oppose clemency without new evidence or a confession.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptmann
New York
The
New York Evening Journal
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Receipts Big in First Half of December
Treasury reports heavy reconversion loan repayments and strong income tax receipts left a surplus of 85.8 million dollars in the first half of December. Reconstruction Finance Corporation repayments totaled 167.1 million, while expenditures for the period were 146.7 million, improving compared with a year ago.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Treasury
Works Progress Administration
Morgan bankers to face Senate probe on World War financing
The Senate munitions committee plans hearings beginning January 7 with J P Morgan Co and other New York bankers called to testify. Senator Nye, returning from Manila, aims to widen the inquiry early in the new Congress and draft legislation restricting American loans to belligerents. The goal is to show how loans tied to neutrality shifts in 1917 relate to current European unrest. Relatives of Caleb J Milne 4th report $50 000 ready for ransom but cannot contact kidnappers as hours pass without word from him.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Senate Munitions Committee
Stephen Rauschenbusch
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Morgan
Joseph S. Wasney
Philadelphia
U.P
Caleb J. Milne
Yule Trade Surges to 1930 Peak in Christmas Season
New York reports show Christmas trade at its largest volume since 1930 as December sales run 10 to 30 percent ahead of last year. Department and specialty stores indicate sustained gains through mid-December with total December volume seen near 4.5 billion dollars. Hardward stores also strong, with gift sales close to record 1929 levels amid rising consumer incomes and crowded city shopping districts.
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New York
America
Telegraph
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Hardward Age
Hardward
Second Attack on Prisoners Kills 3 More
In Havana on December 18, a second gunfire attack on Cuban army agents and prisoners in the Nicolas Castano kidnapping case raised deaths to six. Soldiers fired into an army car, killing 47 year old Jose Jesus Gonzalez and 28 year old Casimiro Menendez as they were taken to headquarters for questioning. A renewed campaign against the kidnappers followed with authorities blaming still at large ring members. In San Antonio Bishop William T. Capers, 70, survived a crash, regaining consciousness after being thrown from his car. Archdeacon B S McKenzie sustained minor injuries.
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Nicolas Castano
Jose Jesus Gonzalez
Casimiro Menendez
San Antonio
William T. Capers
West Texas Episcopal Diocese
B. S. McKenzie
Capers
North China Autonomy Council Opens Amid Student Protests
In Peiping on December 18, a semi autonomous council for Hopeh and Chahar began operations amid opposition from anti Japanese students. Police blocked entry as hundreds gathered at city gates and in Tientsin to condemn the move.
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Peiping
China
North China
Hopeh
Chahar
Tientsin
Autonomy Movement
Nurse vows to find missing quadruplets by Friday
Cleburne reports nurse Mildred Davis, sole witness to a December 5 birth in Rio Vista, claims the two boys and two girls were moved to Mineral Wells and will be returned by Friday, even using bloodhounds if needed. The case has drawn wide attention across Johnson and Hill counties.
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Mildred Davis
Mrs. Davis
Johnson and
Hill Counties
Robert
Rio Vista
Palmer
Davis
Italians Claim Victory In Ethiopian River Valley Fight
Italian government reported an Italo victory in the Takkaze River Valley of Ethiopia after three days of heavy fighting that killed about 860. Paris reports suggested France might drop interest in the Italo Ethiopian war as Franco British peace terms envisioned territorial exchanges and Ethiopia gaining Eritrean port access at Assab if the plan failed.
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Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
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Thelma Todd Fear of Gang Slugs Haunts Final Hours
Thelma Todd feared gang extortionists and hurried to her Santa Monica area apartment after a fast drive from a Hollywood cafe. Her chauffeur Ernest Peters testified he sped at 65 to 70 mph and dropped her off before she died in her town car in a garage near her seaside residence. Roland West, Todd's cafe partner, is noted in the report.
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Thelma Todd
Ernest O. Peters
Hollywood
Miss Todd
Peters
Roland West
Major battle on arms seen for Congress
Washington dispatch reports sharp clashes over military strength as Congress prepares to reconvene. The Navy christened a new destroyer the Cummings, honoring Lt Cmdr Andrew Boyd Cummings, after an earlier ship bearing his name was scrapped. Senator Lewis presses for a strong armed force while Senator See urges cautious action.
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Mariner's Harbor
Staten Island
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Brisbane Column and Ethiopian War Report
The Globe carries Arthur Brisbane disputed notes on current topics. Contradictory Ethiopian war reports claim Haile Selassie’s forces may face Italian aggression as bombers strike and Ethiopian towns suffer damage.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Texas Oklahoma post season game eyed in Texas
An Oklahoma delegation urged Gov. Allred to stage a post season clash between Oklahoma and Texas state champions. Oklahoma officials Homer Paul Julian Fields and George Wacker met with secretary Ed Clark as Pauls Valley high school team already held Oklahoma title.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Oklahoma
James V. Allred
Allred
Ed Clark
Homer Paul
Julian Fields
George Wacker
Pauls Valley
Stevens Will Die in Chair for Slaying Handley Victim
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the Stevens murder conviction in Tarrant County for the Handley trio killings. Stevens faced death for the July 8 1933 slayings tied to a February 1933 Texas and Pacific mail robbery in Fort Worth. Co-defendant May was electrocuted in Huntsville, and Howard faced federal prison terms.
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Huntsville
Stevens
May
M. T. Howard
Fort Worth
Grandest Gutter Crippled Boy Mere Grandest Gutter Crippled Boy
Local boy Carroll Motley, age sixteen, faces a long road of operations after leg amputation. He has endured ten operations in a year and now awaits a cork leg as Santa Claus visits to bring aid. The Motley family seeks help to obtain an artificial leg.
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Gene Elo Santa Claus
Carroll
J. R. Motley Home
Unacceptable Bids For Amarillo Refunding Issue
Amarillo city commission in a special session rejected two bids for a $605000 refunding issue after a second meeting with no bids at first. Officials noted no other business of significance during the session.
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City Commission
Vanderbilt Seeks Extra $937 A Week For Child's Expenses
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt files affidavit in Supreme Court asking for $9,937.20 yearly expenses for her 12 year old heiress daughter, up from $9,000. Custody held Saturdays Sundays 11 months yearly and daily in July. She itemizes weekend costs totaling 191.10 for rent food tips telephone entertainment flowers car rental detective service.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Vanderbilt
Little Gloria
Amarillo Area Forecast With Frost Risk Tonight
Weather map notes fair conditions for Amarillo and surrounding areas tonight and Thursday. Temperature range shows a low near 30 degrees and highs around the mid fifties later today. Source lists Winter Oils West and local gasoline operator Merchants Oil Co at 1900 W 3rd and 400 Madison.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Merchants Oil Co
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